SUNNYVALE, California, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- BlackBerry, iPhone and Symbian Users Now Have Access to mywaves' Mobile Video Service

mywaves, the largest mobile video destination, announced today expanded distribution of its popular mobile video service to the BlackBerry(R) Pearl 8130 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM), the Apple iPhone(R), Symbian S60 platform and four Palm(R) handheld devices. Additionally, Handmark(R), a global leader in the development and distribution of mobile media, will distribute mywaves' mobile videos to mobile devices through its global distribution channels.

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"Our first order of business was to make mywaves available to mass market, video-enabled phones. Most smartphones can now deliver a great video experience for consumers, so now's the time for us to keep the momentum going and make mywaves available on as many platforms as possible," said Rajeev Raman, CEO and Founder, mywaves. "With their larger screens and higher resolution, smartphones provide the perfect consumer experience for mobile video viewing."

As the most broadly distributed, fastest-growing mobile video provider, mywaves serves more than 5 million unique visitors monthly by offering consumers around the world the ability to browse through more than 400,000 channels of video. Handmark offers unique distribution through mobile operators and device manufacturers, as well as Handmark desktop and on-device stores including http://www.handmark.com and Pocket Express(R) (http://www.pocketexpress.com).

The mywaves mobile video service is currently available for Palm Treo 680, 700p, 755p, Palm Centro and BlackBerry Pearl 8130, with Windows Mobile compatibility coming later this year.

mywaves is a free mobile video service that enables users to connect with their friends and the mywaves community, showcase their entertainment interests and share their favorites -- all from their mobile handsets. mywaves makes it easy for people to find and watch their favorite videos from around the globe, set up their own channels of premium, personal or user-generated content, and be entertained on the go with the latest videos on the Web. mywaves lets users create channels of favorite videos to include on their profile or share with anyone via e-mail or text message.

About mywaves Inc.

mywaves is the fastest-growing mobile video destination for consumers, attracting over 5 million unique visitors monthly to its free mobile video service. Consumers can browse through nearly 400,000 channels of premium, private and user-generated videos and have their favorites automatically updated and delivered to their phones. Most users tune in to watch mywaves video weekly with average viewing times of 24 minutes per session. The service works globally across all 3G, EDGE, BREW and EV-DO carriers as well as most video-capable mobile phones, including Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian and RIM based phones. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., mywaves is led by a team from Yahoo!, Napster, Danger, Palm and TiVo. The company is funded by venture capital firm, Menlo Ventures. For more information or to sign up for mywaves, go to http://www.mywaves.com or from a mobile browser: http://www.mywaves.com/m.

Web site: http://www.mywaves.com

Nicole Rodrigues, Public Relations Manager of mywaves, Inc., +1-510-305-9881, Nicole@mywaves-inc.com / Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080207/AQTH105/ PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com